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Crippled Hunter, When I was writing the last chapter, it occurred to me that Jondalar was a crippled hunter who certain would have storys to tell. And in his 40's, with pre-history health care, he'd seem old to a 20-year-old. So he'd become the 'old crippled hunter' who has tales to tell.
CL97
Clanluna
Chapter 97: Educating Zariz
Harry Potter is owned by JK Rowling
Earth’s Children is owned by Jean Auel
Zariz was enjoying his time with the Abraxas Clan, studying magic.
His mother, Mariza, had given him a head start in Care of Magical Creatures while he helped her tame horses, dogs, bees, owls, Cave Bears, and a mammoth. But he wasn’t allowed to take that class yet.
She’d also taught him a little divination. . . . another class he wasn’t allowed to take yet.
He’d seen her charge runestones, but was just starting to think that charging them wasn’t icky, after all. Perhaps by the time he’d be allowed to take that class, he’d be ready to start charging them. She’d also taught him how to take care of growing plants. Last summer, Iza had started teach them Herbalogy using real magical plants.
His mother had also taught him a little about potions.
This put him well ahead of most of his classmates. The exceptions being Wilmara, who had grown up in this Clan seeing magic taught. She’d quickly become a friend to Zariz, as had Đoroči. Zariz didn’t remember his winter sharing a stone-house with Đoroči’s family. He had been too young. But the two had instantly become friends.
The other two students in their classes were the same age, but much more mature. Ceban and Drorg were more Clan that the other three and had already mated and started families. They were both so Clan that they couldn’t speak the incantations, so they were having to start out with learning all their casting silently, a skill usually reserved for 6th year. But since it was autumn, the really intense part of magical training hadn’t started yet. Everyday they’d spend a few minutes learning a bit of Charms or Transfiguration or Defense Against the Dark Arts and the rest of the day would be spent with doing chores, foraging, or gathering firewood or harvesting the magical garden. They also practiced hunting skills and making things. Since Ceban and Drorg were considered adults, they were allowed to go hunting with the men. But Zariz, Đoroči and Wilmara could only practice using weapons and hunt small animals on their own.
Four times a month, Ayla wound teach them how to make a potion.
Last summer, Ekwus the Centaur had taught them the basics of Astronomy and four times a month, Luna would continue those lessons.
Of course, Zariz’s comrades weren’t the only magical students, just the youngest.
There were two Weeches a year ahead of them. Maeba and Tayla were the daughters of Luna and Ayla.
There were seven students in their 3rd Year, including two adults with families. But Iza’s daughter, Ranza, was the only Weech.
All of the Students in 4th year and up had families. There were two Weeches and a Weez-ur in their 4th year. And the Weez-ur, Vorg, was mated to Lana, who was a fully qualified Weech, herself. She’d often help the others with their studies.
Rečibar was the only student in his 5th Year. Like many of the Weez-urs, he was mated to a woman who agreed to mate him on the condition that they return to her Clan after his magical education was complete. In her case, she was a member of the Imago Clan, a very diverse and self-reliant Clan that didn’t send its’ Weez-ur to study here.
The 6th Year was the largest, with seven magical Students.
No one was currently in their 7th year of Magical education.
Every morning, Luna or Zeen would teach them a new spell, like the Levitation Charm, and they would try to come up with ways to use it, like carrying firewood, as they did their chores.
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Zariz woke to the smell of Thonda’s soup. He liked living with Šimic and his mate well enough. But Thonda had a tendency to favor mushrooms in her cooking and sometimes her food would make things look strangely coloured to him. He’d learned to eat slowly and not too much if it made him feel funny. After visiting the trench, Zariz ate some of the soup. It appeared to be made from venison, tubers and mushrooms. After his first bowl he held his hand out and looked at the aura surrounding it. These had been the ones that make you see auras. Good. That would help with hunting practice. But it did make the sun hurt his eyes. He’d have to stick to the forest.
After breakfast, Zariz strolled out of the cave where his classmates: Đoroči, Wilmara, Ceban, and Drorg were waiting for their daily lesson.
“What’s wrong with your eyes?” asked Đoroči.
“Nothing, I just see auras,” replied Zariz.
“Well, I think they look pretty that way,” added Wilmara. “They’re bigger.”
“She comes,” signed Ceban.
“Good morning!” said Luna, dreamily. “I love what you’ve done with your eyes, Zariz. I’ll bet it’s easier to see auras that way. Anyway, Today I’ll be teaching you the Stinging Hex. Although it doesn’t hurt them very much, it’s a great way of distracting your opponent. You wave your wand like this, and say: ‘Paukirz!’
Now pull out your wands and give it a try. Ceban, Drorg, if you find you can’t say the word, just hear it in your mind as you wave your wand.”
As they waved their wands and intoned the words, Wilmara was the first to succeed, with Zariz getting it shortly after. Đoroči was next to get it right. Ceban and Drorg were very far behind the others, but when they did finally cast it. They cast silently.
“All right, now that everybody has got it, that’s enough for today,” said Luna. “Now I need you three to go gather firewood. Ceban, Drorg, Thonlan will want you to join the hunting expedition so go get your spears. But you’ll have to come back if you haven’t caught anything. Iza needs all of you to help her harvest when the sun is there.” (Luna pointed to a place in the sky)
After leaving Luna’s mini-class, Zariz, Đoroči and Wilmara headed for the forest to gather firewood. It was much more difficult to gather in the winter, when it was covered in snow, so it was important that they gather enough in the autumn to last the whole winter. Since Zeen had previously taught them the levitation charm, they would gather up a bundle of wood, tie it together and levitate the whole bundle back to the cave. Occationally, one of them would cast the new Stinging hex on another. The victim would yelp, and hex back, when their attacker wasn’t looking. They had not been allowed to bring their spears or bow, but Zariz had his bola, and Wilmara had her sling.
They’d each gathered a bundle and were levitating it back to the cave when the passed a still place in the river.
“Look! Geese!” signed Zariz, not wanting to startle the birds. Đoroči’s understanding of Clan signs was not so good. But he knew enough to look where Zariz had pointed. They looked as each other and gently put their bundles of firewood down. Đoroči pulled a stick from his bundle that was suitable as a club.
“I’ll sting them to make them panic while you two take them down,” whispered Đoroči and the other two nodded. Zariz pulled out his bola that was hanging on his belt while Wilmara put a stone in her sling. Slowly, Đoroči crept away from the other two until he was in position.
“Paukirz!” shouted Đoroči, as he cast the stinging hex on a goose. “Paukirz! Paukirz!”
The geese took flight away from Đoroči, putting them in the perfect position for the other two. Zariz’s Bola wrapped around a goose’s neck, pulling it to the ground. Wilmara’s stone stunned another one, causing it to fall.
“Paukirz!” Zariz cast a stinging hex at close range, causing another goose to fall to the ground.
“Honk! Honk! Honk!” protested the geese as Đoroči ran forward and clubbed them death.
Now that the deed was done, each of them tied a goose to their bundle and resumed levitating them back to the Cave. They were allowed practice hunting as long as they brought home enough wood.
The men had already returned from hunting when it was time for the afternoon harvest. Iza had the Magical garden divided in sections. Each year’s students had a different area of the garden to tend. Iza would go around and teach them a little about the plants as they worked. Being in their 1st year, Zariz and his friends were spreading much on the ground around the shambling mounds, which weren’t actually shambling.
“Oh look, there’s a rabbit on that tree-stump!” exclaimed Zariz. “But how did it get so flat, on top?”
“Stay away from that,” warned Iza. “The wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing took dangerous for you to tend yet.”
When the day came for Ayla’s potion class, they had to make warming potions. Each of them had a bison stomach hanging from a tripod around the central fire. They’d drop hot rocks in their stomach to heat the potion and added ingredients when and the way Ayla told them too.
“That’s enough let me see your potions,” commanded Ayla.
She went to each person’s potion, dipped a finger in it, rubbed a spot on her arm and blew on it. “yours is good, Zariz. Yours too Doroci, And yours Wilmara. Ceban, this woman is amazed at your potion. How is it you are able to make such good potion but you can not cook?”
“This man appears to have memories for this potion,” signed Ceban. “This man has no memories for cooking. Cooking food is much harder for this man than cooking potions.”
“Drorg, this woman grieves to report that your potion did not succeed,” signed Ayla. “Perhaps one of the others will loan you some tomorrow?”
The next morning, Zariz decided not to eat any of Thonda’s soup for breakfast. The mushrooms she had put in it today were fun. But they tended to incapacitate him for the day and he was really looking forward to his first flying lesson. He grabbed a bit of dried meat to chew on, his warming potion and headed out of the cave.
Luna was already teaching Rečibar how to transfigure men into mice using the 6th year men as targets for her only 5th year student. The 6th years would be having their lesson next.
“This boy greets you,” signed Zariz at Ceban and Drorg as he joined them. Đoroči was a few minutes later and Wilmara emerged from the cave with Ayla, who was carrying a couple of brooms.
“Everyone have their warming potions?” asked Ayla in both English and Clan sign. “Good. Today I will be teaching to fly using Luna’s broom. You won’t get your own brooms until next year. Now contrary to popular belief, it’s not actually necessary to be nude in order to ride Luna’s broom,” said Ayla, as she glared at Luna.
Luna stuck her tongue out at her, which made Ayla smile, then flicked it up and down slightly in a manner that made Ayla blush and turn her attention back to her class.
“However having skin contact with the broom, does make it easier to control,” explained Ayla. “When you are good enough at flying to get your own broom, you’ll find that it’s so unstable that you’ll HAVE to fly it nude. But for today, I leave the choice up to you. I’ll be flying alongside you on my own broom, so those of you who are going to, let’s put on our warming potion.”
Ayla then untied her wrap and began rubbing the warming potion on herself while explaining to the class:
“Although it is still warm, today here on the ground, when you are flying the wind feels much cooler, which is why you need a warming potion. If you made your potion correctly, it will keep you warm enough that you can fly even in the coldest winter. But any spot you left uncovered can get frostbitten, so make certain that you apply it thoroughly.”
Everyone except Drorg chose to make their first flight nude. And by the end of the lesson, they had shown varying levels of proficiency, with Wilmara being best and Đoroči being the worst.
The autumn continued with more flying lessons, astronomy lessons, Herbalogy lessons and the daily learning of a wand spell. It was when winter began that their studies became more intense. Suddenly there was much more book learning and wand work.
Zeen was regularly performing mog-ur ceremonies as part of Weez-ur training. And this Winter, Iga had started teaching classes to all the Weeches, even the adults, on how to be a Clanluna. When Zeen looked into Ceban’s memories for the first time, he got a shock! Zeen had, during Men’s Ceremonies looked into the memories of many men. He could feel the difference between fully Clan men, with their Clan memories and men of the Others. He’d looked into the minds of part Clan men and seen how they had partial Clan memories to varying degrees. Ceban was like this. But the Clan memories that Ceban had were derived from Zeen and Creb. Ceban had Clan memories of being a Weez-ur!
After that ritual, Ceban found learning magic much easier. It was like a Clan man being ‘reminded’ how to hunt.
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Author’s note: I originally came up with this idea of a chapter that looks into what ice age magical education is like, focusing on Zariz. But when I looked at who his classmates would be, I realized that this could potentially be a major new subplot. The children of Mariza, Mariza’s mate Đučaviča and Mara are all in the same classes. And then there is Ceban: the first Weez-ur to be even more Clan than Zeen. And his Clan memories come from Zeen and Creb. Ceban’s mate is fully Clan, making his sons even more Clan! I’m intrigued by the implications of this . . .
1st
------Zariz Ah (11) – ¼ Clan (Clan-brown hair, Sky-blue eyes) son of Mariza, Weez-ur, Adopted by Thonda
------Đoroči Đ (11) – ¼ Clan, Đučaviča’s Son, Weez-Ur, Adopted by Lana
------Wilmara Al (11) ¼ Clan (dirty-blonde hair, Sky-blue eyes) daughter of Mara, Weech, Adopted by Cruna,
Ceban Fm (11) – ¾ Clan son of Eba, Weez-Ur
---Oga Fm (9) – Clan daughter of Bona, Ceban’s mate
------Meb fM (0) – ¾ Clan Oga’s son, Weez-ur
Drorg A (11) – ½ Clan son of Orga, Weez-ur
---Đrača Hđn (14) – Other Đelić’s daughter, Đrača’s mate
2nd
-------Maeba (12) - Other, (Black hair, gray eyes) Luna’s Daughter, Weech
--------Tayla (12) - ¼ Clan, (Golden Blonde hair, Dark brown eyes) Ayla’s daughter, Weech
3rd
------Zeeg (13) – ¼ Clan (Red-hair, Gray eyes) Griga’s Son, Weez-ur
------Đukič Đa (13) – ¼ Clan, (dark-brown hair, gray eyes) Jukičva’s son, Weez-Ur
------Điš Ea (13) – ¼ Clan (Clan-brown hair, hazel eyes) Đišič’s son, Weez-Ur
------Ranza (13) – 1/8 Clan daughter of Iza, Weech
------Đoljan Đn (13) – ¼ Clan, Heljka’s Son, Weez-Ur, Adopted by Selene
Vroog Ađ (13) – ½ Clan son of Vorva, (Clan-brown hair, Gray eyes) Weez-ur
---Anđromeđanaea Đ (17) – Other, Krstulović’s daughter, Acolyte, Vroog’s mate
------Vranđ (2) – ¼ Clan, son of Anđromeđanaea, Weez-ur
Zoub A (13) – ½ Clan son of Ebra, (Clan-brown hair, Gray eyes) Weez-ur
---Hađiča Hđ (17) – Other Đelić’s daughter, Zoub’s mate
------Zađ (2) – ¼ Clan, son of Hađiča, Weez-ur
4th
Vorg F (14) - ½ Clan son of Vuba, Weez-Ur
----Lana (18) - Other, (dirty blonde hair, sea-blue eyes) Luna’s Daughter, Weech, Vorg’s Mate, N: C,T,D,Div
------Lorga (4) – Other, Lana’s daughter, Weech
------Vang (1) – ¼ Clan, Lana’s son, Weez-ur
Đeriž Hđ (14) – Other, Rađna’s son
---Anka (14) - Other, (Black hair, Dark brown eyes) Luna’s Daughter, Weech, Đeriž’s mate
Ežgetar E (10) – ½ Clan, Groobviča’s son, Weez-ur
---Tama (14) - ¼ Clan, (Golden blonde hair, sea-blue eyes)) Ayla’s daughter, Weech, Ežgetar’s mate
5th
Rečibar Đ (15) – ¼ Clan, Đeča’s Son, Weez-Ur Adopted by Dyondara
---Đalđa Hđi (16) – Other, Halđa’s daughter, Rečibar’s mate
------Ijačič hđI (0) – ¼ Clan, Đalđa’s son, Weez-ur
6th
Rađiv Đ (16) – ¼ Clan, Đihovilo’s Son, Weez-Ur, Adopted by Zuna
---Selene (16) - Other, (mousy brown hair, gray eyes) Luna’s Daughter, Weech, Rađiv’s mate
------Relena (2) – Other, Selene’s daughter, Weech
Roš Đbg (16) – ¼ Clan, Želže’s son, Weez-Ur, Adopted by Creba
---Cruna (16) - ¼ Clan, (Black hair, Dark brown eyes) Ayla’s daughter, Weech, Roš’ mate
------Croša (2) – ¼ Clan Cruna’s daughter, Weech
Jeenič Đa (16) – ¼ Clan, (dark-brown hair, gray eyes) Jukičva’s son, Weez-Ur
---Đaliđa Hđ (16) – Other, Čović’s Daughter, Jeenič’s mate
------Đešnič Hađ (0) – ¼ Clan, Đaliđa’s son, Weez-ur
Đeeš Ea (16) – ¼ Clan (Clan-brown hair, hazel eyes) Đišič’s son, Weez-Ur
---Žayljača Hđ (16) – Other, Željka’s daughter, Đeeš’ mate
------Đešpotošič (0) – ¼ Clan, Žayljača’s son, Weez-ur
Ziz A (16) – ¼ Clan, son of Iza, Weez-ur
---Đučavča Đ (16) – Other, Đanđrič’s daughter, Ziz’s Mate
------Đođil Đa (0) – ¼ Clan, Đučavča’s Son, Weez-ur
CL97
Clanluna
Chapter 97: Educating Zariz
Harry Potter is owned by JK Rowling
Earth’s Children is owned by Jean Auel
Zariz was enjoying his time with the Abraxas Clan, studying magic.
His mother, Mariza, had given him a head start in Care of Magical Creatures while he helped her tame horses, dogs, bees, owls, Cave Bears, and a mammoth. But he wasn’t allowed to take that class yet.
She’d also taught him a little divination. . . . another class he wasn’t allowed to take yet.
He’d seen her charge runestones, but was just starting to think that charging them wasn’t icky, after all. Perhaps by the time he’d be allowed to take that class, he’d be ready to start charging them. She’d also taught him how to take care of growing plants. Last summer, Iza had started teach them Herbalogy using real magical plants.
His mother had also taught him a little about potions.
This put him well ahead of most of his classmates. The exceptions being Wilmara, who had grown up in this Clan seeing magic taught. She’d quickly become a friend to Zariz, as had Đoroči. Zariz didn’t remember his winter sharing a stone-house with Đoroči’s family. He had been too young. But the two had instantly become friends.
The other two students in their classes were the same age, but much more mature. Ceban and Drorg were more Clan that the other three and had already mated and started families. They were both so Clan that they couldn’t speak the incantations, so they were having to start out with learning all their casting silently, a skill usually reserved for 6th year. But since it was autumn, the really intense part of magical training hadn’t started yet. Everyday they’d spend a few minutes learning a bit of Charms or Transfiguration or Defense Against the Dark Arts and the rest of the day would be spent with doing chores, foraging, or gathering firewood or harvesting the magical garden. They also practiced hunting skills and making things. Since Ceban and Drorg were considered adults, they were allowed to go hunting with the men. But Zariz, Đoroči and Wilmara could only practice using weapons and hunt small animals on their own.
Four times a month, Ayla wound teach them how to make a potion.
Last summer, Ekwus the Centaur had taught them the basics of Astronomy and four times a month, Luna would continue those lessons.
Of course, Zariz’s comrades weren’t the only magical students, just the youngest.
There were two Weeches a year ahead of them. Maeba and Tayla were the daughters of Luna and Ayla.
There were seven students in their 3rd Year, including two adults with families. But Iza’s daughter, Ranza, was the only Weech.
All of the Students in 4th year and up had families. There were two Weeches and a Weez-ur in their 4th year. And the Weez-ur, Vorg, was mated to Lana, who was a fully qualified Weech, herself. She’d often help the others with their studies.
Rečibar was the only student in his 5th Year. Like many of the Weez-urs, he was mated to a woman who agreed to mate him on the condition that they return to her Clan after his magical education was complete. In her case, she was a member of the Imago Clan, a very diverse and self-reliant Clan that didn’t send its’ Weez-ur to study here.
The 6th Year was the largest, with seven magical Students.
No one was currently in their 7th year of Magical education.
Every morning, Luna or Zeen would teach them a new spell, like the Levitation Charm, and they would try to come up with ways to use it, like carrying firewood, as they did their chores.
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Zariz woke to the smell of Thonda’s soup. He liked living with Šimic and his mate well enough. But Thonda had a tendency to favor mushrooms in her cooking and sometimes her food would make things look strangely coloured to him. He’d learned to eat slowly and not too much if it made him feel funny. After visiting the trench, Zariz ate some of the soup. It appeared to be made from venison, tubers and mushrooms. After his first bowl he held his hand out and looked at the aura surrounding it. These had been the ones that make you see auras. Good. That would help with hunting practice. But it did make the sun hurt his eyes. He’d have to stick to the forest.
After breakfast, Zariz strolled out of the cave where his classmates: Đoroči, Wilmara, Ceban, and Drorg were waiting for their daily lesson.
“What’s wrong with your eyes?” asked Đoroči.
“Nothing, I just see auras,” replied Zariz.
“Well, I think they look pretty that way,” added Wilmara. “They’re bigger.”
“She comes,” signed Ceban.
“Good morning!” said Luna, dreamily. “I love what you’ve done with your eyes, Zariz. I’ll bet it’s easier to see auras that way. Anyway, Today I’ll be teaching you the Stinging Hex. Although it doesn’t hurt them very much, it’s a great way of distracting your opponent. You wave your wand like this, and say: ‘Paukirz!’
Now pull out your wands and give it a try. Ceban, Drorg, if you find you can’t say the word, just hear it in your mind as you wave your wand.”
As they waved their wands and intoned the words, Wilmara was the first to succeed, with Zariz getting it shortly after. Đoroči was next to get it right. Ceban and Drorg were very far behind the others, but when they did finally cast it. They cast silently.
“All right, now that everybody has got it, that’s enough for today,” said Luna. “Now I need you three to go gather firewood. Ceban, Drorg, Thonlan will want you to join the hunting expedition so go get your spears. But you’ll have to come back if you haven’t caught anything. Iza needs all of you to help her harvest when the sun is there.” (Luna pointed to a place in the sky)
After leaving Luna’s mini-class, Zariz, Đoroči and Wilmara headed for the forest to gather firewood. It was much more difficult to gather in the winter, when it was covered in snow, so it was important that they gather enough in the autumn to last the whole winter. Since Zeen had previously taught them the levitation charm, they would gather up a bundle of wood, tie it together and levitate the whole bundle back to the cave. Occationally, one of them would cast the new Stinging hex on another. The victim would yelp, and hex back, when their attacker wasn’t looking. They had not been allowed to bring their spears or bow, but Zariz had his bola, and Wilmara had her sling.
They’d each gathered a bundle and were levitating it back to the cave when the passed a still place in the river.
“Look! Geese!” signed Zariz, not wanting to startle the birds. Đoroči’s understanding of Clan signs was not so good. But he knew enough to look where Zariz had pointed. They looked as each other and gently put their bundles of firewood down. Đoroči pulled a stick from his bundle that was suitable as a club.
“I’ll sting them to make them panic while you two take them down,” whispered Đoroči and the other two nodded. Zariz pulled out his bola that was hanging on his belt while Wilmara put a stone in her sling. Slowly, Đoroči crept away from the other two until he was in position.
“Paukirz!” shouted Đoroči, as he cast the stinging hex on a goose. “Paukirz! Paukirz!”
The geese took flight away from Đoroči, putting them in the perfect position for the other two. Zariz’s Bola wrapped around a goose’s neck, pulling it to the ground. Wilmara’s stone stunned another one, causing it to fall.
“Paukirz!” Zariz cast a stinging hex at close range, causing another goose to fall to the ground.
“Honk! Honk! Honk!” protested the geese as Đoroči ran forward and clubbed them death.
Now that the deed was done, each of them tied a goose to their bundle and resumed levitating them back to the Cave. They were allowed practice hunting as long as they brought home enough wood.
The men had already returned from hunting when it was time for the afternoon harvest. Iza had the Magical garden divided in sections. Each year’s students had a different area of the garden to tend. Iza would go around and teach them a little about the plants as they worked. Being in their 1st year, Zariz and his friends were spreading much on the ground around the shambling mounds, which weren’t actually shambling.
“Oh look, there’s a rabbit on that tree-stump!” exclaimed Zariz. “But how did it get so flat, on top?”
“Stay away from that,” warned Iza. “The wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing took dangerous for you to tend yet.”
When the day came for Ayla’s potion class, they had to make warming potions. Each of them had a bison stomach hanging from a tripod around the central fire. They’d drop hot rocks in their stomach to heat the potion and added ingredients when and the way Ayla told them too.
“That’s enough let me see your potions,” commanded Ayla.
She went to each person’s potion, dipped a finger in it, rubbed a spot on her arm and blew on it. “yours is good, Zariz. Yours too Doroci, And yours Wilmara. Ceban, this woman is amazed at your potion. How is it you are able to make such good potion but you can not cook?”
“This man appears to have memories for this potion,” signed Ceban. “This man has no memories for cooking. Cooking food is much harder for this man than cooking potions.”
“Drorg, this woman grieves to report that your potion did not succeed,” signed Ayla. “Perhaps one of the others will loan you some tomorrow?”
The next morning, Zariz decided not to eat any of Thonda’s soup for breakfast. The mushrooms she had put in it today were fun. But they tended to incapacitate him for the day and he was really looking forward to his first flying lesson. He grabbed a bit of dried meat to chew on, his warming potion and headed out of the cave.
Luna was already teaching Rečibar how to transfigure men into mice using the 6th year men as targets for her only 5th year student. The 6th years would be having their lesson next.
“This boy greets you,” signed Zariz at Ceban and Drorg as he joined them. Đoroči was a few minutes later and Wilmara emerged from the cave with Ayla, who was carrying a couple of brooms.
“Everyone have their warming potions?” asked Ayla in both English and Clan sign. “Good. Today I will be teaching to fly using Luna’s broom. You won’t get your own brooms until next year. Now contrary to popular belief, it’s not actually necessary to be nude in order to ride Luna’s broom,” said Ayla, as she glared at Luna.
Luna stuck her tongue out at her, which made Ayla smile, then flicked it up and down slightly in a manner that made Ayla blush and turn her attention back to her class.
“However having skin contact with the broom, does make it easier to control,” explained Ayla. “When you are good enough at flying to get your own broom, you’ll find that it’s so unstable that you’ll HAVE to fly it nude. But for today, I leave the choice up to you. I’ll be flying alongside you on my own broom, so those of you who are going to, let’s put on our warming potion.”
Ayla then untied her wrap and began rubbing the warming potion on herself while explaining to the class:
“Although it is still warm, today here on the ground, when you are flying the wind feels much cooler, which is why you need a warming potion. If you made your potion correctly, it will keep you warm enough that you can fly even in the coldest winter. But any spot you left uncovered can get frostbitten, so make certain that you apply it thoroughly.”
Everyone except Drorg chose to make their first flight nude. And by the end of the lesson, they had shown varying levels of proficiency, with Wilmara being best and Đoroči being the worst.
The autumn continued with more flying lessons, astronomy lessons, Herbalogy lessons and the daily learning of a wand spell. It was when winter began that their studies became more intense. Suddenly there was much more book learning and wand work.
Zeen was regularly performing mog-ur ceremonies as part of Weez-ur training. And this Winter, Iga had started teaching classes to all the Weeches, even the adults, on how to be a Clanluna. When Zeen looked into Ceban’s memories for the first time, he got a shock! Zeen had, during Men’s Ceremonies looked into the memories of many men. He could feel the difference between fully Clan men, with their Clan memories and men of the Others. He’d looked into the minds of part Clan men and seen how they had partial Clan memories to varying degrees. Ceban was like this. But the Clan memories that Ceban had were derived from Zeen and Creb. Ceban had Clan memories of being a Weez-ur!
After that ritual, Ceban found learning magic much easier. It was like a Clan man being ‘reminded’ how to hunt.
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Author’s note: I originally came up with this idea of a chapter that looks into what ice age magical education is like, focusing on Zariz. But when I looked at who his classmates would be, I realized that this could potentially be a major new subplot. The children of Mariza, Mariza’s mate Đučaviča and Mara are all in the same classes. And then there is Ceban: the first Weez-ur to be even more Clan than Zeen. And his Clan memories come from Zeen and Creb. Ceban’s mate is fully Clan, making his sons even more Clan! I’m intrigued by the implications of this . . .
1st
------Zariz Ah (11) – ¼ Clan (Clan-brown hair, Sky-blue eyes) son of Mariza, Weez-ur, Adopted by Thonda
------Đoroči Đ (11) – ¼ Clan, Đučaviča’s Son, Weez-Ur, Adopted by Lana
------Wilmara Al (11) ¼ Clan (dirty-blonde hair, Sky-blue eyes) daughter of Mara, Weech, Adopted by Cruna,
Ceban Fm (11) – ¾ Clan son of Eba, Weez-Ur
---Oga Fm (9) – Clan daughter of Bona, Ceban’s mate
------Meb fM (0) – ¾ Clan Oga’s son, Weez-ur
Drorg A (11) – ½ Clan son of Orga, Weez-ur
---Đrača Hđn (14) – Other Đelić’s daughter, Đrača’s mate
2nd
-------Maeba (12) - Other, (Black hair, gray eyes) Luna’s Daughter, Weech
--------Tayla (12) - ¼ Clan, (Golden Blonde hair, Dark brown eyes) Ayla’s daughter, Weech
3rd
------Zeeg (13) – ¼ Clan (Red-hair, Gray eyes) Griga’s Son, Weez-ur
------Đukič Đa (13) – ¼ Clan, (dark-brown hair, gray eyes) Jukičva’s son, Weez-Ur
------Điš Ea (13) – ¼ Clan (Clan-brown hair, hazel eyes) Đišič’s son, Weez-Ur
------Ranza (13) – 1/8 Clan daughter of Iza, Weech
------Đoljan Đn (13) – ¼ Clan, Heljka’s Son, Weez-Ur, Adopted by Selene
Vroog Ađ (13) – ½ Clan son of Vorva, (Clan-brown hair, Gray eyes) Weez-ur
---Anđromeđanaea Đ (17) – Other, Krstulović’s daughter, Acolyte, Vroog’s mate
------Vranđ (2) – ¼ Clan, son of Anđromeđanaea, Weez-ur
Zoub A (13) – ½ Clan son of Ebra, (Clan-brown hair, Gray eyes) Weez-ur
---Hađiča Hđ (17) – Other Đelić’s daughter, Zoub’s mate
------Zađ (2) – ¼ Clan, son of Hađiča, Weez-ur
4th
Vorg F (14) - ½ Clan son of Vuba, Weez-Ur
----Lana (18) - Other, (dirty blonde hair, sea-blue eyes) Luna’s Daughter, Weech, Vorg’s Mate, N: C,T,D,Div
------Lorga (4) – Other, Lana’s daughter, Weech
------Vang (1) – ¼ Clan, Lana’s son, Weez-ur
Đeriž Hđ (14) – Other, Rađna’s son
---Anka (14) - Other, (Black hair, Dark brown eyes) Luna’s Daughter, Weech, Đeriž’s mate
Ežgetar E (10) – ½ Clan, Groobviča’s son, Weez-ur
---Tama (14) - ¼ Clan, (Golden blonde hair, sea-blue eyes)) Ayla’s daughter, Weech, Ežgetar’s mate
5th
Rečibar Đ (15) – ¼ Clan, Đeča’s Son, Weez-Ur Adopted by Dyondara
---Đalđa Hđi (16) – Other, Halđa’s daughter, Rečibar’s mate
------Ijačič hđI (0) – ¼ Clan, Đalđa’s son, Weez-ur
6th
Rađiv Đ (16) – ¼ Clan, Đihovilo’s Son, Weez-Ur, Adopted by Zuna
---Selene (16) - Other, (mousy brown hair, gray eyes) Luna’s Daughter, Weech, Rađiv’s mate
------Relena (2) – Other, Selene’s daughter, Weech
Roš Đbg (16) – ¼ Clan, Želže’s son, Weez-Ur, Adopted by Creba
---Cruna (16) - ¼ Clan, (Black hair, Dark brown eyes) Ayla’s daughter, Weech, Roš’ mate
------Croša (2) – ¼ Clan Cruna’s daughter, Weech
Jeenič Đa (16) – ¼ Clan, (dark-brown hair, gray eyes) Jukičva’s son, Weez-Ur
---Đaliđa Hđ (16) – Other, Čović’s Daughter, Jeenič’s mate
------Đešnič Hađ (0) – ¼ Clan, Đaliđa’s son, Weez-ur
Đeeš Ea (16) – ¼ Clan (Clan-brown hair, hazel eyes) Đišič’s son, Weez-Ur
---Žayljača Hđ (16) – Other, Željka’s daughter, Đeeš’ mate
------Đešpotošič (0) – ¼ Clan, Žayljača’s son, Weez-ur
Ziz A (16) – ¼ Clan, son of Iza, Weez-ur
---Đučavča Đ (16) – Other, Đanđrič’s daughter, Ziz’s Mate
------Đođil Đa (0) – ¼ Clan, Đučavča’s Son, Weez-ur
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